The Press: On Second Thought

Just before the British elections 100 American newspapers were offered
an article by Clement Attlee outlining his socialist policies. Five
papersthe New York Herald Tribune, the Philadelphia Bulletin, the
Cleveland Plain Dealer the Toronto Star, and the Chicago Sunbought
and printed it; the other 95 turned it down. Explanation by some who
rejected the article: it was a little outside the main trend of events.

That surprised stocky, Hungarian-born Emery Reves, prewar agent for most
of Europe's writer-statesmen (Churchill, Eden, Reynaud, Sforza, etc.).
From long experience Agent Reves thought that he knew an important
document when he saw one. The Attlee piece...